Telegram-herald., 1887-10-03
The Sabbath Ouestion.


At o'clock Elder Farnsworth spokeupon
the above subject. Text: Mark 2:27-2o
Ard be said unton them, the Sabbath was
made for man, and not man for the Sab
bath" Ii is almost universally scknowl-
edged that the seventh dav was formerly
the Sabbath, but somehow almost every
body finds himself observing the first day;
and il not unfrequently occurs that people
ask themselves why they are thus obsery-
ing the first day. There have been really
three dispensations IN the history OF the
vorld-the Patrisrchal, the Jewish and the
Christian The Patriarchal reached from
Adam 10 Moses: the Jewish, from Moses TO
Christ; the Christian extends from Christ
onward 10 the end Of time.
We know nothing about the Sabbath ex-
! cept by what we read in the Bible; hence
the Bible must settle this question. IL the
Bible will not settle this question, it cannot
| be settled. IL takes the Bible snd the Bible
alone 70 settle religious questions; and
when that speaks. let every man bow his
| head in humble obedience. What does the
| Bible say on this subject Our text says
| that the Sabblth was made for man; then
! there must have been a time when ii was
made. some one 10 make IL, and manner
/ in which II was made. Going back 70 the
/ second cbapter Of Genesis We md the his
! torical counterpart OF the text. Here we
/ find that the Sabbath vas made in Eden
before man fell before the plan of saliva
ton was needed or made, here is where the
/ Sabbath was made. IL was made before
there we're any typical institutions OF any
| kind. or a demand for any.
| Bat some say that the Sabbath was Jew
ish. Sot so. there were no Jews in the
Garden Of Eden. There we're no Jews until
| more than 200 years after the creation. II
| Adam was a Jew, then we are all Jews.
| and hence under obligations 70 keep the
| seventh day, on your own ground. 1t Is
| aid that the seventh day Sabbath was
Jewish. and when those Avs peculiar "a
the Jewish nation passed away, the Sab
bath passed away also.
We End that the marriage institution
also originated in Eden. Now are yor
zoiax to cal that 8 Jewish institution.
| You know it was not Were | 70 prescn
that doctrine. yoa would be Justly indiz
| nant Friends the Sabbath is no more
+ Jewish institution than is marriage. neither
Il Jewish. nor are they Christian institu
ticns. thev are institutions for the whole
/ human race. III one cisims marriage ss
Christian institution. then none bat Chris
tians have snY right to marry. Isn't tai
So7 it Il an Institution for the whole Ia
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because tod gave the Sabbath lsg 20 Ia
Jews a. Sinsi. Let - SO how this reason
ing worxs. Doesn't the seventh command
ussus guard the marriage institution
does Then r. The msrrisgs Institution
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